it's beginning to look a lot like christmas, everywhere you go, especially if you dash your way to potters in surrey. it takes about an hour to get to this nursery from downtown van and we arrived just before 3 pm on a tuesday. upon entering through the front doors of potters, i was in awe of the magical winter wonderland that awaited us. this is the result of santa's little helpers hard at work starting in september. come here to be delighted with festive holiday cheer that will warm even the hearts that are two sizes too small. i love the many different themed christmas trees, from the elegant to the traditional, and whimsical, including one that is hung upside down and rotating. they have many miniature villages, snow globes, lights, stocking stuffers, and the list goes on. a lot of the ornaments are grouped by colour, and/or themes like the nutcracker, garden, pets (the specific breeds of dogs i was looking for were not available), travel (oddly consists of many eiffel towers and two new york ornaments), and sweets. i like to give ornaments as gifts and/or add a few baubles every year, and collect a lot of fragile, glass ornaments of rudolph the red nosed reindeer, but they only had a few plastic or resin characters. they didn't have hello kitty nor sanrio characters, still, it's an impressive 28,000 sq ft of christmas and takes a minimum of an hour to go through. i managed to buy a few gifts and was given two coupons, good for 50% off one christmas item, valid between december 16th to 18th, some restrictions apply. i was told that most of the items go on sale at up to 50% off during boxing day. in the meantime, you may wish to consider signing up for their vip membership to receive weekly email promotions. read more